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Weekly Link Love — Edition 32

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Research of the Week Modern hunter-gatherers probably don’t live in particularly marginalized areas, at least compared to other subsistence groups. Since 2008, diabetes incidence in the US has actually gone down (apparently driven mostly by non-Hispanic whites). Bipolar disorder increases the risk of Parkinson’s. DIY skills are dropping . Even the liver’s circadian rhythm responds to light at night. So does the insulin sensitivity of your muscle tissue . Mortality benefits leveled off at 7500 steps per day in older women . New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 346: Endurance: Dude Spellings : Host Brad Kearns chats with the best name ever about his Primal Endurance journey. Episode 347: Steven Gundry M.D. : Host Elle Russ chats with Steven Gundry about his new book,  The Longevity Paradox. Primal Health Coach Radio, Episode 14: Erin and Laura sit down with Elle Russ to discuss the power of vulnerability as well as the permanent injury that changed her career trajecto

Schooooool’s Out For The Summer

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I have a memory clear as day: I’m sitting in my fifth grade classroom (which must have been particularly significant because it was my last day of my last grade of elementary school) and I’m watching the clock hands move from 2:59 to 3:00 when the bell rings on the last day of the year. The feeling of freedom can only be topped by the last day of my dietetic internship . Today was Mazen’s last day of kindergarten! Lucky for him, his day ends at noon instead of 3 On Monday, Birch and I ran to his school during the mid-day hours to cheer him on in field day. I am so proud of how far he’s come this year! He started kindergarten knowing how to recognize simple sight words and do basic math, and now he can read ANYthing and count to 500 by 10s! He had a wonderful teacher. The techniques they use these days are more “teach a man to fish” style, and once he got the hang of sounding words out, he was able to read any and everything nearly overnight. He said to me the other day: “Have yo

Episode 431 – Q&A with Robb and Nicki #24

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It’s time for Episode 431, Q&A #24. You’ve got the questions, we’ve got the answers! Submit your own questions for the podcast at: https://robbwolf.com/contact/submit-a-question-for-the-podcast/ If you want to see the video for this podcast, be sure to check out our YouTube channel . Show Notes:   1. Ancestral Case For Salt Supplementation? [0:53] Dan says: You’ve recently been talking a lot about salt and electrolyte supplementation and I like to look at things in an ancestral context.  Did pre-agricultural peoples supplement with salt somehow? I do know that the Hopi Indians in northern Arizona had a ceremonial “Salt Trail” into the Grand Canyon and I assume that they were able to retrieve salt from geologic deposits, but the amount of salt that feels optimal for me seems like it would be hard to attain in prehistoric times in many parts of the world.  Are there other examples of this besides the Hopi?   2. Resistant Starch On Keto? [11:48] Bethany says: Hi there